![]() “I wasn’t allowed to say anything until the station let me go.” Other news: Bevin calls Lil Wayne a 'has-been' after Alabama-Clemson halftime show The former Louisville weatherman was not allowed to comment on the incident publicly until the station made a decision. The Rochester Association of Black Journalists condemned the language in a statement saying "this is completely unacceptable and contrary to all standards of broadcasting." Related: Meteorologist fired over Martin Luther King Jr. Those others that have also been harmed by people coming quick to judgment based on so little information on something that they saw on a video, on social media. Not just for our situation, but for others that have been misrepresented. “We didn’t pick this fight,” Kappell said. Kappell, in an interview with the Courier Journal, said he simply stumbled over his words, but the criticism stoked by social media users led to his termination. Jeremy Kappell, who was chief meteorologist for Rochester, New York's WHEC TV station, was abruptly fired Monday after a flood of criticism over a Friday broadcast in which he seems to refer to a local park as "Martin Luther Coon King Jr. ![]() A former Louisville meteorologist for WDRB news is appalled at the internet outrage that led to his firing from his New York TV station after some viewers say he used a racial slur when he stumbled over the name of the Rev. ![]()
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